Chai Club is a chai cart parked outside ADDA at 236 Ponsonby Road in Ponsonby, Auckland, serving street-side chai to one of the city's busiest shopping strips and carrying a perfect 5.0 Google rating. The heart of a good chai stand is the brew: fresh spices like cardamom, ginger and clove simmered long enough to carry through, with milk boiled right into the tea rather than stirred in at the end. Freshness matters more than fancy surroundings, and a small cart can easily out-brew a polished cafe fit-out. It is worth watching whether the chai is pulled between pots, which aerates it and gives that foamy top, and regulars usually learn to ask for their sweetness level by name and drink it straight away while it is still hot. For a spiced, warming cup mid-shop along Ponsonby Road, this little cart could hardly be better placed.